May 16 – Saint Simon Stock, recipient of the Brown Scapular given to him by Mary herself (1164-1265) Mary Undoer of Knots helps married couples I live on one of the main islands in Japan. After Christmas [...] with all my heart for the good of this man and his wife. I may be the cause of the knots in their relationship, but I pray to our Mother Mary to rid me of my selfishness. Of course, I admit that this is [...] everyday things. During that conversation, she introduced me to the prayer of Mary Undoer of Knots. I think she may have been reminded of this prayer because I was wearing a knitted sweater, which I had made
the graces we ask of her. For indeed, she is the Mediatrix of all graces, by the will of her Son. Mary wants to bestow on our souls, families, homelands, and the world, this torrent of favors that she holds [...] October 8 - Mary Mother of Hungary Only the Rosary can change the course of History (II) Through the Rosary, we can hope to shatter the great religious indifference of today’s world, a world without hope [...] societies are undoubtedly the result of lack of prayer. It was in anticipation of this general disorientation that Our Lady so insistently asked for the recitation of the Rosary. And since the Rosary is
calls France the "Kingdom of Mary" (1922) Fourteen of the 18 Lourdes apparitions took place during Lent Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, a time of conversion and a journey towards [...] towards Easter. In Lourdes, 14 of the 18 apparitions took place during Lent of 1858. The other four act as “bookends” of the series: two before and two after. Mary first spoke to Bernadette during the [...] breaks. It is during this set of thirteen apparitions, inaugurating Lent, that Mary asked to pray for sinners, for their conversion, and insisted on penance. F. Breynaert Library of Marian Writings
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and martyr (d. 155) – Apparition of Mary Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938), approved devotion Mary never thought of herself (I) Before [...] Before the Annunciation, Mary already belonged to God. She was offered, she was given, she was poor, she was waiting. But she was still unaware of how the words of the Song of Songs were to be fulfilled [...] too much attention to herself. When the appearance of the angel burst forth and the first Hail Mary resounded, she was confused: what was the meaning of his message? If he was telling the truth, if he came
The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph Mary and Joseph are models of both spouses and virgins The New Testament provides very little, if any, information about the life of Mary and Joseph [...] we can't reduce the incomparable mystery of Mary (and therefore of Joseph) to the level of our human experience. And no one is expected to be exactly like Mary. Instead, we all have much to learn from [...] been seen as the model of virgins and consecrated people. But this doesn't mean that Mary and Joseph are not also the model of spouses, as a more recent tradition upholds. The feast of the Family is set as
Daughter of Zion; the Garden of Eden; the Beloved of the Song of Songs; and the Ark of the Covenant. Ruth, who providentially belongs to the family tree of Christ, is a symbol of Mary and of the Church [...] most authentic of the daughters of Abraham" because, with great faith, she became the Mother of the Messiah and the Mother of all those who believe. Here are the symbols of the Virgin Mary that can be found [...] are also symbols of Mary, as they are associated with the Savior in the unfolding of the divine plan of salvation. Next to Christ, the Virgin Mary can be considered the greatest glory of the Jewish people
January 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God In the blessed fruit of her womb, Mary found what Eve was looking for Eight days ago we celebrated the birth in Bethlehem of the Son of God who "became a child [...] the birth of Jesus, the liturgy invites us to celebrate the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God: she "who brought to the light the King who rules Heaven and Earth forever" (Entrance Antiphon of today's Mass) [...] liturgy makes us meditate on the Word made man and reiterates that he was born of the Virgin. He is the "blessed fruit of the womb" of this Virgin who found in this "fruit" all that Eve had desired when she ate
December 8 – The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary is the icon of our hope Mary's "yes" was truly an agreement, a free, conscious, and unconditional commitment to a project that came [...] project to take place in history. This is the very meaning of the feast of the Immaculate Conception that we celebrate in the middle of Advent. Yes, Mary recognized that she had been preferred among all women [...] God’s plan. However, Mary also knew that this motherhood would have difficult consequences in the society and culture of her time: pointed at, the object of gossip in the streets of Nazareth, she risked
author of numerous Catholic publications https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1906076/Pampanga/Opinion/Cervantes-Urgent-messages-of-the-Blessed-Virgin-Mary-from-Bacolod (1) See A Moment with Mary of November [...] November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithunia) Messages from Our Lady of the End Times (II) On September 1, 2018, Our Lady said to Edsol (1): "My children, I bring a message to all of you in my divine son’s [...] all of you. Watch and be vigilant. "My children, I do not say these dreadful things to frighten all of you, but so that all of you will know these events are very near. Next year will be a year of heavy
November 25 – Mary Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) – St Seraphim of Sarov Mary, terror of demons Despite the fact that Satan seduced Eve, dragging Adam after her, God not only gave us a Redeemer [...] his death defeated death, but in the person of the Woman, the Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, who crushed in herself and in the whole human race the head of the serpent, he provided us with a tireless [...] destroy a man as long as he himself perseveres in calling on the help of the Theotokos ( Mother of God ). Saint Seraphim of Sarov On the Russian Orthodox Church (1759-1833)
